Search
-
Growth, recovery, change and other words lost in the wind
Agora, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras met with a group of New Democracy MPs and reportedly told them... something of an illusion. In April 2012, interim Prime Minister Lucas Papademos predicted..., whenever it comes, is non-existent. Over the last few months, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has
3% -
Samaras and Tsipras prepared to go toe to toe all the way to February
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn true pre-election mode, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and SYRIZA’s Alexis Tsipras attempted... with the prime minister at every possible opportunity. Coming out of talks with the president on the same day as Samaras also does no harm to Tsipras’s attempt to appear more prime ministerial as the possibility
3% -
Newsletter 3 - 14/11/2014
five years of tax hikes. So, it was politically damaging for the coalition when Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos had to agree to make changes...) and the International Monetary Fund remains on board in some capacity, it will be very difficult for the prime minister
3% -
Samaras softens stance on snap elections as decisive presidential vote looms
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn one more tactical move before the critical final vote for president, Prime Minister Antonis... term in June 2016, the prime minister ensures that he will overcome any criticism from within his own... from Democratic Left (DIMAR) and Independent Greeks, who have a total of 22 MPs. Following the prime
3% -
Samaras strays out of line in search for new normal
AgoraPrime Minister Antonis Samaras has a habit of defending his government by saying that his aim.... Intentionally or not, it aligns Greece’s prime minister with all the cranks in Europe and Greece’s... a whole raft of other aspects that define a country’s wellbeing If Greece’s prime minister wants
3% -
Newsletter 14 - 06/02/2015
a flurry of trips abroad by both Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis..., as well as President François Hollande and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, whom Tsipras met this week... busy agenda this week that involved a series of meetings of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Finance
3% -
Complications over president a taste of things to come for Tsipras?
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTwo seemingly unconnected events became linked on Sunday when Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras decided... to the prime minister’s office to voice his concerns. The decision was subsequently taken to postpone.... Reports suggest that the prime minister has an alternative candidate in mind. The resistance
3% -
Reform proposals to define size of Tsipras's task in keeping party on board
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s effort to keep his party on board with the terms of the agreement.... The most damaging outcome for the prime minister would be for his government to become embroiled.... The prime minister’s office suggested that Glezos had not been properly informed about
3% -
Tsipras identifies first bills, domestic approval assured
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras outlined on Friday night the content of the first four draft laws... income pensioners which was not included in the statement made on Friday by the prime minister... residences from foreclosures. The prime minister said that the draft law would protect homes with a value
3% -
Parliament's bailout probe has potential to be politically toxic
PoliticsGreek Politics. This means decisions taken under former prime ministers George Papandreou, Lucas Papademos and Antonis.... They also believe that SYRIZA is trying to give the former conservative prime minister, Costas Karamanlis, a free pass by not including his premiership in the period under investigation. Prime
3%